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CVE-2017-14180
Apport 2.13 through 2.20.7 does not properly handle crashes originating from a PID namespace allowing local users to create certain files as root which an atta…
Impact
Apport 2.13 through 2.20.7 does not properly handle crashes originating from a PID namespace allowing local users to create certain files as root which an attacker could leverage to perform a denial of service via resource exhaustion or possibly gain root privileges, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-14179.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Apport Project | Apport | from 2.13 through 2.20.7 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 14.04, 16.04, 17.04, 17.10, 18.04 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~apport-hackers/apport/trunk/revision/3171
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/?cve=CVE-2017-14180
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3480-1
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/9
- https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~apport-hackers/apport/trunk/revision/3171
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/?cve=CVE-2017-14180
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3480-1